Why do academics blog? An analysis of audiences, purposes and challenges

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1105-1119

  Mewburn, Inger ^a   Thomson, Pat ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic cultures; blogs; communities of practice; online learning; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886413569     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2013.835624     Document Type: Article

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